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Seed

Also called random seed

What does “Seed” mean?

Seed: Number that sets the starting random noise for a generation. With the same model, prompt, seed and settings, many tools will reproduce the same image; changing only the seed gives a different variation. Exact reproducibility can still vary across hardware or software versions.

Seed visual guide: Number that sets the starting random noise for a generation. With the same model, prompt, seed and settings, many tools will reproduce the same image; changing only the seed gives a different variation. Exact reproducibility can still vary across hardware or software versions.
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What is an example of “Seed”?

If you like an image's composition, locking its seed lets you tweak the prompt wording while keeping a similar overall layout.

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See also

Sampling stepsTermCFG scaleTermDiffusion modelTerm

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